The Nervous Breakdown and Hukilau Partner to Launch TNB’s New Publishing Imprint

Readers addicted to nonfiction, fiction and poetry have long been getting their
fix at the online culture magazine The Nervous Breakdown (TNB), a site founded b
y bestselling author Brad Listi (Attention. Deficit. Disorder.). Now, in partner
ship with Hukilau, TNB will be launching its own publishing imprint, producing p
rint, e-book, transmedia, and audio books for lit fans worldwide. Its e-book off
erings will be targeted for the iPad, Kindle, and other major e-publishing platf
orms.
Los Angeles, CA, June 04, 2010 -- Readers addicted to nonfiction, fiction and po
etry have long been getting their fix at the online culture magazine The Nervous
Breakdown (TNB), a site founded by bestselling author Brad Listi (Attention. De
ficit. Disorder.). Now, in partnership with Hukilau, TNB will be launching its o
wn publishing imprint, producing print, e-book, transmedia, and audio books for
lit fans worldwide. Its e-book offerings will be targeted for the iPad, Kindle,
and other major e-publishing platforms.
“We feel like this is a natural next step,” said Listi. “TNB is an outgrowth of
book culture, and we’re excited to be publishing on our own imprint. We’re also
excited about the possibilities offered by new technologies.”
“We ‘re proud to be partnered with TNB on this groundbreaking venture,” said Huk
ilau founder Joseph Matheny. “Providing the technological framework for distribu
tion and creation fits into our company’s philosophy of providing development, p
roduction and distribution for independent media.”
Founded in 2006, TNB has quickly become one of the web’s most beloved publicatio
ns devoted to literature and the arts, as well as a vibrant community of writers
and readers. Fittingly, its first publication will be a collection of nonfictio
n by D.R. Haney, one of the site’s most popular contributors. Haney, author of t
he underground classic Banned for Life, a novel about punk rock, will be publish
ing a collection titled Subversia on the TNB imprint. The book will feature Hane
y’s original work from the site, along with three new pieces, never before publi
shed. The e-book edition, available on all major e-reader platforms, will includ
e a documentary film about Haney directed by Los Angeles filmmaker and award-win
ning music photographer Timothy Murray.
Going forward, TNB plans to publish at least one title per month. All editions—p
rint, e-book, audio—will be made available on the site itself, at the new TNB Bo
okstore. Print editions will also be available at all major online retailers, in
cluding Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound. E-book editions will be availabl
e at all major e-book retailers, including Amazon, the iBookstore, and BN.com. A
nd Audio books will be available via iTunes and Audible.com.
Hukilau will be building and providing the production and distribution framework
, utilizing the Asemblook tools developed by founder Joseph Matheny. It will als
o be working with TNB to develop proprietary production and distribution tools f
or ePub, iPad, Kindle and PDF-rich media eBooks.
The Nervous Breakdown is headquartered in Los Angeles. It currently features the
work of more than 250 authors and poets from around the world, including Chuck
Palahniuk, Antonya Nelson, Jonathan Evison, Nick Flynn, Steve Almond, Danielle T
russoni, Stephen Elliott, Alexander Chee, Ben Loory, Jessica Anya Blau, Greg Ole
ar, Ron Currie, Jr., Shya Scanlon, Stefan Kiesbye, Gina Frangello, Stacy Bierlei
n, Joanna Smith Rakoff, and Tao Lin.
About TheNervousBreakdown.com
Founded in 2006 by Los Angeles author Brad Listi (Attention. Deficit. Disorder.)
, The Nervous Breakdown offers fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry from fresh
 voices worldwide.
Masthead
Founding Editor: Brad Listi. Executive Editor: Jonathan Evison. Senior Editor: G
reg Olear. Nonfiction Editors: Greg Boose & Erika Rae. Associate Nonfiction Edit
ors: J.M Blaine & Zara Potts. Fiction Editors: Gina Frangello & Shya Scanlon. As
sociate Fiction Editors: Stacy Bierlein & Alexander Chee. Poetry Editors: Rich F
erguson & Milo Martin. Associate Poetry Editors: Uche Ogbuji & Jennifer Duffield
White. Arts & Culture Editors: Rob Bloom & Megan DiLullo. Associate Arts & Cult
ure Editors: Slade Ham & Simon Smithson.
Visit www.thenervousbreakdown.com.
About Hukilau
Founded in 2010 by Joseph Matheny, Michael Mailer and Jonathan Siegel, Hukilau i
s a new platform to create, fund and distribute independent media. It aims to be
come the new model for film and video finding its audience.
Joseph Matheny has been working on eBooks/ePublishing standards, practices and t
echnologies since the late 1980s with companies such as Adobe Systems, Macromedi
a and others. More information is available at http://www.hukilau.us.
Contact information: Kari Johnson - Publicist, kari.johnson@yahoo.com, (310) 213
– 9410, Brad Listi – Founding Editor, brad@thenervousbreakdown.com
Contact:
Kari Johnson
Publicist
The Nervous Breakdown
Los Angeles, CA
310-213-9410
kari.johnson@yahoo.com
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com